Graphic sizing in Matlab R2015b
I would like to introduce Daniel Dolan of Sandia National Laboratories. Dan works on a variety of data analysis projects in Matlab, and is an active lurker on MATLAB Central. Dan has a habit of finding...
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Last week I wrote about my upcoming presentations in Tel Aviv and Munich, where I will discuss a Matlab-based financial application that uses some advanced GUI concepts. In today’s post I will review...
View ArticleFigure window customizations
A friend recently asked me, in light of my guesstimate that Java-based Matlab figures will be replaced by web-based figures sometime around 2018-2020, whether there are any “killer features” that make...
View ArticleCustomizing uifigures part 1
Last month, I posted an article that summarized a variety of undocumented customizations to Matlab figure windows. As I noted in that post, Matlab figures have used Java JFrames as their underlying...
View ArticleCustomizing uifigures part 2
I would like to introduce guest blogger Iliya Romm of Israel’s Technion Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory. Today Iliya will discuss how Matlab’s new web-based figures can be customized with...
View ArticleWorking with non-standard DPI displays
With high-density displays becoming increasingly popular, some users set their display’s DPI to a higher-than-standard (i.e., >100%) value, in order to compensate for the increased pixel density to...
View ArticleMathWorks-solicited Java survey
Over the years I’ve reported numerous uses for integrating Java components and functionality in Matlab. As I’ve also recently reported, MathWorks is apparently making a gradual shift away from...
View ArticleCustomizing uifigures part 3
As I have repeatedly posted in recent years, Matlab is advancing towards web-based GUI. The basic underlying technology is more-or-less stable: an HTML/Javascript webpage that is created-on-the-fly and...
View ArticleBuiltin PopupPanel widget
8 years ago I blogged about Matlab’s builtin HelpPopup widget. This control is used by Matlab to display popup-windows with help documentation, but can also be used by users to display custom...
View ArticlePlotEdit context-menu customization
Last week, a Matlab user asked whether it is possible to customize the context (right-click) menu that is presented in plot-edit mode. This menu is displayed by clicking the plot-edit (arrow) icon on...
View ArticleToolbar button labels
I was recently asked by a client to add a few buttons labeled “1”-“4” to a GUI toolbar. I thought: How hard could that be? Simply get the toolbar’s handle from the figure, then use the builtin...
View ArticleMatlab callbacks for uifigure JavaScript events
I would like to welcome back guest blogger Iliya Romm of Israel’s Technion Turbomachinery and Heat Transfer Laboratory. Today Iliya will discuss how to assign Matlab callbacks to JavaScript events in...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 2 (ToolGroup App)
A while ago I posted the first of my planned miniseries on the Matlab toolstrip (ribbon). Today I will expand that post by discussing how toolstrips can be added to Matlab GUIs. This post will remain...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 3 (basic customization)
In the previous post I showed how we can create custom Matlab apps. In such apps, the toolstrip is very often an important part. Today I continue my miniseries on toolstrips. Toolstrips can be a bit...
View ArticleReverting axes controls in figure toolbar
I planned to post a new article in my toolstrip mini-series, but then I came across something that I believe has a much greater importance and impacts many more Matlab users: the change in Matlab...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 4 (control customization)
In a previous post I showed how we can create custom Matlab app toolstrips. Toolstrips can be a bit complex to develop so I’m trying to proceed slowly, with each post in the miniseries building on the...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 6 (complex controls)
In previous posts I showed how we can create custom Matlab app toolstrips using simple controls such as buttons and checkboxes. Today I will show how we can incorporate more complex controls into our...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 7 (selection controls)
In previous posts I showed how we can create custom Matlab app toolstrips using controls such as buttons, checkboxes, sliders and spinners. Today I will show how we can incorporate even more complex...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 8 (galleries)
In previous posts I showed how we can create custom Matlab app toolstrips using various controls (buttons, checkboxes, drop-downs, lists etc.). Today I will show how we can incorporate gallery panels...
View ArticleMatlab toolstrip – part 9 (popup figures)
In previous posts I showed how we can create custom Matlab app toolstrips using various controls. Today I will show how we can incorporate popup forms composed of Matlab figures into our Matlab...
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